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Former GOP Gov. Sarah Palin netted $1.25 million on the book deal for her memoirs, according to financial disclosure forms made public Tuesday by the state of Alaska.

The figure is significantly less than the $11 million figure floated in news reports, but still represents a significant haul for a governor who earned a salary of $73,000 in her last year leading the state.

Palin’s camp would not confirm the $1.25 million figure.

Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton instead offered POLITICO a statement asserting that “the Governor has complied with Alaska disclosure law by her filing yesterday. Now, as a private citizen, her business dealings, including her publishing agreement, are confidential.”

HarperCollins is set to print 1.5 million copies of the 400-page book. The release date of “Going Rogue: An American Life” was moved up in September from spring 2010 to November 17 and almost immediately shot into the top spot on the Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com best seller lists.

The state disclosure form also showed that Palin’s husband, Todd, made $66,346.47 in total from his jobs as a seasonal worker for a commercial fishing operation in Bristol Bay and as an oil production operator for British Petroleum. He recently left the oil industry job.

In addition to her salary and book deal, Palin reported receiving $6,370 in per diems.

The former Alaska governor also received eight personal checks totaling $5,750 – all of which Palin indicated were returned – and reported 24 gifts adding up to an estimated value of $43,848.56.

Among the gifts were $1,000 for tickets to the annual Alfalfa Club dinner from Republican fundraiser Fred Malek, along with dinner at his house. The former vice presidential nominee also reported that the cost of Yankees baseball game tickets purchased by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for Palin, her husband and daughter Willow during their June trip to New York totaled $4,250.

Well liberals do you still hate Ms. Palin? You love people paying taxes, so the way I see it she will pay U.S. income taxes of around $475,000 on this advance for the book. And since most people purchasing the book cannot tax deduct their cost, it is a net pick up to the U.S. Treasury of $475,000. Not too bad for Caribou huh libbie's?

Of course you libbie's will still ridicule her for supporting her family and raising her special needs child.

Hey maybe Letterman can make a stupid sex joke about this too. Then again maybe the fondler Dave needs to not only keep his mouth shut but quite possibly keep his pants shut too.

David Schuster of MSNBC reported Palin was asking 11 million for the book deal. He also reported Sarah's daughter Bristol, was asking $300,000.00 from People Mag. for baby pictures. Both were mean't to make the Palin family look greedy, and both were lies. He was also the reporter behind the luducrous embezzlement charge.

David Schuster of MSNBC reported Palin was asking 11 million for the book deal. He also reported Sarah's daughter Bristol, was asking $300,000.00 from People Mag. for baby pictures. Both were mean't to make the Palin family look greedy, and both were lies. He was also the reporter behind the luducrous embezzlement charge.

Who cares. She is fading fast and I see no sign of her ever being a realistic player beyond the base.

And according to her APOC filling she didn't donate her 10% to the church, Didn't donate to a charity for kids with downs,or anything else. But she is building a new home. This is just like the fake christian Republicans, they tell the poor and the people that donate to wait for the pie in the sky. Then they practice Heaven on earth, It all about them and their wealth that feel is owed to them. Palin and others would care less if you sent your last dome as long as you sent it to them.

Why did you guys want Obama to donate his money, money that wasn't recieved through panhandling old people.

Well liberals do you still hate Ms. Palin? You love people paying taxes, so the way I see it she will pay U.S. income taxes of around $475,000 on this advance for the book. And since most people purchasing the book cannot tax deduct their cost, it is a net pick up to the U.S. Treasury of $475,000. Not too bad for Caribou huh libbie's?

Of course you libbie's will still ridicule her for supporting her family and raising her special needs child.

Hey maybe Letterman can make a stupid sex joke about this too. Then again maybe the fondler Dave needs to not only keep his mouth shut but quite possibly keep his pants shut too.

I think its great but I can't believe this is all she is getting. And, I have no problem with her earning a living and supporting her family. Its why she quit the governorship. FOR THE MONEY. It is a very Republican thing to do.

So, you think this millionaire cares about the middle class. She will make millions more on the speakers circuit talking to the Right Wingers and Tea Baggers who will happy to give her the money. She never intended to run for political office again. She wants to be Glen Beck. But, you will keep talking about her, she will twitter and facebook, she will pretend she is running to keep her name recognition up, but its all for the money!!!! Suckers.

Buffett and Gates have billions upon billions but let a republican make a million and the gloves come off.

Buffet is a Republican. He supported Obama because he is a smart Republican. And, the Republicans are the party of the rich! Who are you kidding? Republicans have never done anything for the middle class. There tax cuts, all to the top 1%.